Word: cowed
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Every year, recipients of the Prizes shower Miss Sweetie Poo with gifts in attempt to get more air-time. This year’s included milk, a stuffed cow, a sombrero and a bottle of tequila. "It was bad milk," Isabel observed. "I liked the sombrero, but they wouldn’t let me keep it. I don’t know what they did with the wine. They wouldn’t let me take it home for Mommy and Daddy to drink...
...whatever reason, people tend to fear vaccines more than other medicines. This has been the case since the first vaccinations were given to prevent a spread of smallpox in England in the late 18th century. That vaccine used bovine ingredients (the word vaccine comes from the Latin word for cow, vacca) and people feared the injections would turn them into cows. (See the top 5 swine...
...bearing the description "previously unreleased" was kept in a storage locker for a reason. But the words still have a seductive power for fans who are desperate for a little more music from a departed favorite - and for record labels that are looking for one (or more) final cash cow. (See TIME's photo-essay "The World Mourns Michael Jackson...
Print newspapers have long run police blotters, but they're usually just boring-looking text. Website blotters, on the other hand, can affordably offer every color portrait the local precinct shoots. Like television networks opting for cheaply produced reality shows, the newspaper sites believe they've found their cash cow: readers seem as eager to gawk at the average alleged DUI perp as they are to ogle celebrity mug shots on sites like the Smoking...
...saddened that TIME has joined the bandwagon of maligning modern animal agriculture [Aug. 31]. I have invested 20 years into the daily management of 12,000 dairy cattle. Few of the "small-scale" farms I saw as a rural veterinarian achieved the degree of cow care we have been able to provide on our current "factory farm." None converted their manure to electricity or took advantage of new, more environmentally friendly technologies. The modern direction of large-scale animal operations is to employ skilled professionals in all areas to better care for animals, the environment and the consumer. Getting this...